Preschool

Thursday was Maggie's first day of 4 year old preschool! She had her outfit picked out days in advance, complete with heavy tights...just right for an 80+ degree day! She went off with new princess lunchbox and Tinkerbell back pack in tow. She's now going Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 -2:30. She loves the longer days and getting to eat lunch at school and I finally get some one on one time with Maya.

In front of her classroom, showing her brown bear name tag. Her class is the Brown Bears.

Before the parents left for the day, her teacher, Mrs. Ringrose gave the kids this little note to give the parent. It was really cute.

Here's what it says if you can't read it:

Hugs and kisses for you today.

Have no worries while I'm at play.

I'm making new friends in this new place,

See you at 2:30 with a smile on my face!

Love,

Your Brown Bear

Attached to it was a little bag of Hershey's Kisses and Hugs. Yum! Maya and I really enjoyed them!

Tea Party

Aaron and I were invited to a tea party the other day. There were six of us all together...Daddy, Mommy, Big Bear, Little Bear, Maggie and Maya. We all squished around the little table and had a wonderful morning filled with tea and other delicious goodies homemade right in the living room kitchen.

We had a great time playing with the girls. No one was fighting...well, except for over who got which color cup...and no one was whining...well, except for who got to sit in what chair next to what bear... All in all, a fun and peaceful morning. Cheers!

Summer's Last Hurrah!

Labor Day weekend was the last weekend for our neighborhood pool to be open. Thankfully the weather was nice enough for us to get our last long weekend of use out of it. We used it tons this summer and are definitely glad to have it!

Beeping

A short conversation with the Magster earlier today in the car.

MJ: Mom, my leg is beeping!

Me: Well, I don't really think your leg is beeping.

MJ: It is...and I think I know how it is beeping.

Me: Really? How?

MJ: I think God is poking it.

: )

Big day

Last Saturday was a big day in the life of our little Maggie. First of all, it was the weekend of Woodbury Days, so the girls and I loaded up and went out to join in the festivities. And what could be better than crazy hair?!

Next (and this is the BIG reveal) Mags and I, along with our neighbor Paula and her daughter Kyra headed out to a girls lunch and, yes you guessed it, EAR PIERCING! It was the day they both had been waiting for. Mags picked out her ear rings (little silver ball studs) and sat bravely in the chair, not really knowing what was going to happen.

Then it hit her like a ton of bricks!

And then it was over and she was all over the store wanting everything Claire's sold.

Now she's happy as a clam and very responsible for keeping her ears cleaned multiple times a day. She's pretty darn cute too. : )

Jacob Jo

Yes it is true...one of the Field girls has finally birthed a little boy! My poor dad...it only took him 3 daughters and 2 grand daughters to get one. : ) My sister Callie had a little baby boy, Jacob Jo, last Saturday. He is a perfect little peanut and I am so sad that he is half way across the country and I can't hold him RIGHT NOW! So, I am having to settle for looking at gobs of pictures and waiting in anticipation for about 3 weeks from now when the girls and I fly to Seattle and we get to hold him. If you'd like to gush over him too, go to, www.thejensons.org.

Road trip!

Last weekend, my neighbor Becky and I took the 4 girls, Maggie, Maya, Megan, and Lily, on a little 4 1/2 hour road trip to Milwaukee where Becky's parents live. We left at bedtime, hoping they would all sleep the time away...well, it took 2 hours and 1 potty stop, but all 4 of them finally fell asleep around 10pm. Not too shabby.

This is their house.

This is the view from their house! It was absolutely beautiful. I can't remember the name of the lake, but there were several of these little bays that were no wake zones, so it was very peaceful. As you can tell, almost everyone had a pontoon boat and many had speed boats as well. The lake was mostly less than 10 feet deep and was covered with weeds, the only bad part seeing as I am terrified of sea weeds. Yuck!!!!

The neighbors had this swing tied way up high in a tree and the kids had a blast doing really big swings!

Here are the kids "feeding" the fish with none other than goldfish crackers. : )

Here fishy, fishy...

The other favorite passtime was playing in the pea gravel that was the "beach". I think grandma and grandpa need a new load to replace all that the kids threw into the water!

Sitting on the dock.

Watching the fish again.

Here they are in the front of grandpa's speed boat. We were headed out to go tubing!

Maggie and I went really fast! Too fast over a few waves and she got freaked out and was done with that. : )

Maya wasn't sold on this whole tubing thing either. She layed down cuz she was scared, holding on for dear life, and we hadn't even started moving yet.

Once she realized she wasn't going to fall off, she relaxed a bit and had a good time.

Lily on the other hand is a dare devil and her and I went really fast!!!

We stopped on a sandbar in the middle of the lake (weed free of course), and we got out and swam around a little bit.

The gang's all here!

One night grandpa got out his guitar and had a sing-a-long with girls. On the playlist were such classics as Old MacDonald, Wheels on the Bus and You Are My Sunshine.

Finally, after a long, fun, busy weekend, we set out for home. NONE of them slept a wink, and Maya talked the ENTIRE way home - a total of about 6 hours, which included 4 potty stops and a dinner stop. Needless to say Becky and I were more than ready to get out of there!!!!!

We had an awesome time though. Becky's parents were wonderful hosts and we all had a chance to chill and unwind...Becky and I were even treated to a pedicure!!! My toes are sparkling. We'll have to do it again next year.